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NREL: Hybrid Electric and Fuel Cell Vehicles - Advanced Vehicle Systems (528 words) |
 | Heavy-duty vehicles are considered prime targets for the fuel economy improvements achievable through advanced vehicles, especially because their fuel consumption rates are much higher than those of passenger cars. |
| NREL, DOE, industry, and other national laboratories are working on advancing power electronic components, such as the motor controller, DC to DC converters, and inverters that condition the electrical signal between the power generation unit (a fuel cell or battery) and the electric motor. |
| Vehicles Systems Analysis is another NREL project with powerful implications for the development of advanced vehicle technology. |
| Rubber Band Powered Vehicle - Contest Ideas (313 words) |
| Design a vehicle which will travel down an incline, will launch itself from a ramp, clear a 3 inch wall that is 6-feet from the ramp edge, land in a target zone (at the same elevation as the top of the ramp_ and travel along a straight section of track (level with the target zone). |
| Vehicle must be 1 pound or less in weight and can be of any size or shape. |
| Vehicle must start under its own power, i.e.; the vehicle cannot be pushed or thrown to start it. |
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